kapala

See also: käpälä, kapała, kąpała, and Kąpała

English

Etymology

From Tibetan ཀ་པ་ལ (ka pa la), from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla), meaning "skull", "forehead", "kapala", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Doublet of copra.

Noun

kapala (plural kapalas)

1. A cup made from a human skull and used in tantric rituals.

Synonyms

• skullcup

Banjarese

Etymology

From Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”).

Noun

kapala

1. (anatomy) head

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkapala]

Participle

kapala

1. inflection of kapat:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

Indonesian

Noun

kapala

1. Obsolete spelling of kepala.

Javanese

Romanization

kapala

1. Romanization of ꦏꦥꦭ

Lindu

Noun

kapala

1. head
2. leader; pioneer

Maranao

Noun

kapala

1. head

Derived terms

• batokapala (“headstone”)

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya